Some posts and articles worth reading
- “The focus on bibliometrics makes papers less useful” http://www.nature.com/news/the-focus-on-bibliometrics-makes-papers-less-useful-1.16706
- via @ AcademicsSay
Procaffeination. [n]
1. The intentional postponement of academic activities prior to coffee.
2. Prior to tea. (UK) - via @ stevenstrogatz Proof by Clementine, the surface area of a sphere is 4πr²: trace around wide part of clementine x4
- What percentage of terror attacks in the United States and Europe are committed by Muslims? Guess. Nope. Guess again. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/14/are-all-terrorists-muslims-it-s-not-even-close.html
- “What Good Are Economists?” http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/are-economists-good-by-robert-j–shiller-2015-01 by @ RobertJShiller ht @ schulte_stef
- “Frequent Internet and social media users do not have higher stress levels than those who use technology less often” http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/upshot/technology-has-made-life-different-but-not-necessarily-more-stressful.html
- “How Many Americans Have Never Shot A Gun?” https://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/how-many-americans-have-never-shot-a-gun/ by @ MonaChalabi
- “Sex ratio effects on reproductive strategies in humans” http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/2/1/140402 ht @ econoclaste
- “Bad luck and cancer: A science reporter’s reflections on a controversial story” http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/01/bad-luck-and-cancer-science-reporter-s-reflections-controversial-story by @ jcouzin
- economics professors are missing a chance to teach a cardinal lesson about the unchecked rise of prices http://www.wsj.com/articles/craig-richardson-the-250-econ-101-textbook-1421192341 about $250 textbooks
- “Found in Translation” http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120762/arthur-goldhammer-translations-are-vital-bridge-between-french-us “Arthur Goldhammer is America’s finest bridge to French culture”
- “Inflation Doesn’t Hurt So Much, Does It?” http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-01-14/inflation-doesnt-hurt-so-much-does-it by @ noahpinion
- “Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans” http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/01/07/1418680112 via http://www.vocativ.com/culture/science/study-facebook-knows-better-even-family-friends/
- Offensive, http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2rvsbh/berkeley_breathed_nailed_it_thirty_years_ago/ Berkeley Breathed, in the 1980s, probably
- what blasphemous could mean https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/01/09/solidarity-charlie-hebdo-cartoons
- “What does the geography of incarceration in the U.S. look like?” http://prisonmap.com/
- “What would happen if grant reviews were made public?” http://www.nature.com/news/what-would-happen-if-grant-reviews-were-made-public-1.16691 ah ah, good question… ht @ DevilleSy
- “How Google “Translates” Pictures into Words Using Vector Space Mathematics” http://www.technologyreview.com/view/532886/how-google-translates-pictures-into-words-using-vector-space-mathematics/ ht @ DiegoKuonen impressive!
- Is the amount of disease-specific NIH funding related to the burden of disease? http://dotdata.tumblr.com/post/108024313866 by @ DotDataViz
- “The U.S. may face a serious shortage of toilet paper within a few months…” http://priceonomics.com/the-great-toilet-paper-scare-of-1973/ back on the big fear of 1973
- “The Science of Inherited Nostalgia” http://priceonomics.com/the-science-of-inherited-nostalgia/ indeed, my kids have to listen to the Clash and Pixies
- “Long working hours and alcohol use” http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.g7772 ht @ 3wen
- “Explaining How Economists Explain” http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-01-12/what-economists-mean-when-they-say-explain by @ Mark__Buchanan
- “Early-career researchers who want to speak out must learn how best to communicate…” http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7533-231a?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews
- back on those “Hypocritical World Leaders Who Attended Charlie Hebdo Rally” http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/01/13/lse-student-daniel-wickhams-epic-twitter-takedown_n_6461208.html by @ DanielWickham93 ht @ egschmitt
- Maths and Reading Scores, in the US http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/black-and-hispanic-students-are-making-meaningful-gains-but-its-hard-to-tell/ by @ @ mzinshteyn
- RT @ Psythor : I disapprove of you misattributing quotes to Voltaire, but I will defend to the death your right to retweet it.
- “Life Expectancy by Age from 1990 to 2013” http://healthintelligence.drupalgardens.com/content/life-expectancy-age-selected-country-1990-2013 (see also http://healthintelligence.drupalgardens.com/content/life-expectancy-progress-1990-2013 ) e.g. in Iraq
- “On The Origin of Ecological Economics” http://econospeak.blogspot.fr/2015/01/on-origin-of-ecological-economics.html
- “Plan to Quit? Big Data Might Tell Your Boss Before You Do” http://www.newsweek.com/plan-quit-big-data-might-tell-your-boss-you-do-298026?utm_content=bufferdda1f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
- “Sleeping time, on an average day (in min.)” http://www.oecd.org/berlin/42675407.pdf
- “How Amazon Tricks You Into Thinking It Always Has the Lowest Prices” http://recode.net/2015/01/13/how-amazon-tricks-you-into-thinking-it-always-has-the-lowest-prices/
- #FF @ naturemethods see “Nature Methods Starts Statistics Column” http://community.amstat.org/blogs/steve-pierson/2013/09/04/nature-methods-starts-statistics-column e.g. http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v12/n1/full/nmeth.3224.html ht @ diegokuonen
- Reservoirs, in California http://perrytsao.users.sonic.net/water/how-much-water-does-california-have/
- “Can Wonks Save Finance From Itself?” http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-01-11/academics-can-help-save-finance-from-itself by @ zingales
- “On Charlie Hebdo: A letter to my British friends” http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/olivier-tonneau/110115/charlie-hebdo-letter-my-british-friends
- “Conflicts of Interest in Finance” http://www.moneyandbanking.com/commentary/2015/1/12/conflicts-of-interest-in-finance
- only a few companies have mastered the art of paying attention to the consumers already at hand http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/239602 by @ RyanHoliday
- “Is Belief in God as Essential to Morality?” http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/03/13/worldwide-many-see-belief-in-god-as-essential-to-morality/ (“Richer Nations Are Exception”) ht @ temptoetiam
- RT @ katecrawford There’s a rush to create algorithm to scan your face for emotions. And then use it to sell you stuff http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/19/know-feel
- “Men Who Share Selfies Online Show More Signs of Psychopathy, Study Says” http://time.com/3662838/men-selfies-psychopath-narcissism/ by @ jacklinshi
- “On the Charlie Hebdo massacre and duelling extremisms” http://feministing.com/2015/01/08/je-ne-suis-pas-charlie-on-the-charlie-hebdo-massacre/ ht @ xmolenat
- “Stop Checking Email So Often” http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/opinion/sunday/stop-checking-email-so-often.html by @ Ja33ko and @ elizabethndunn
- “Software that turns data into written text could help us make sense of a coming tsunami of data.” http://www.technologyreview.com/news/533976/robot-journalist-finds-new-work-on-wall-street/ ht @ DiegoKuonen
- “Time spent eating and drinking on an average day (in min.)” http://www.oecd.org/berlin/42675407.pdf
- “Years spent in different activities” http://www.oecd.org/berlin/42675407.pdf
- “Life Paths and Accomplishments of Mathematically Precocious Males and Females Four Decades Later” http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/11/10/0956797614551371.abstract (via http://andrewgelman.com/2015/01/08/life-paths-accomplishments-mathematically-precocious-males-females-four-decades-later/ )
et un peu de lecture en français
- Joseph Fourier, faire des maths et démontrer des théorèmes tout en étant préfet de l’Isère, http://www.academie-sciences.fr/activite/archive/dossiers/Fourier/Fourier_pdf/Fourier_Kahane.pdf ht @ pf_mg @ a_moatti
- MT @ amarois « La plupart des dirigeants ne savent, sur l’informatique, rien. » G. Berry médaille d’or 2014 CNRS http://sciences.blogs.liberation.fr/home/2014/12/g%C3%A9rard-berry-le-code-%C3%A0-lhonneur.html
- “En mer, l’éolien serait beaucoup plus payant que le pétrole” http://www.ledevoir.com/environnement/actualites-sur-l-environnement/428899/en-mer-l-eolien-serait-beaucoup-plus-payant-que-le-petrole cf http://www.ledevoir.com/documents/pdf/oceana_140115.pdf ht @ JeremyBouchez
- “Nos sociétés refoulent des populations entières hors du corps social” http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2015/01/14/zygmunt-bauman-nos-societes-refoulent-des-populations-entieres-hors-du-corps-soci?page=all discussion avec Zygmunt Bauman
- pensée de @ Maitre_de_conf : Voici trois jours que les deux machines à café du labo sont en panne.On va dégringoler d’au moins trois lettres dans le classement de l’AERES
- RT @ monachollet “Pendant ce temps-là, au Nigeria…” Dessin de Julien Couty, @ Telerama
- “qui n’a pas compris le côté du ludique de l’économie mathématique n’a rien compris à l’économie” http://actu-sciences-eco.blogs.liberation.fr/2015/01/14/petit-promenade-dans-la-pensee-de-bernard-maris ht @ econoclaste
- “Nigeria : des images satellites témoignent du massacre de Baga” http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2015/01/15/nigeria-des-images-satellite-temoignent-du-massacre-de-baga_4556480_3212.html#Amb09BRCjbRPg2JR.99
- “Bernard Maris.Un humaniste, un penseur critique de l’économie dominante” http://sms.hypotheses.org/3383 par @ mondesociaux
- rencontre avec deux femmes yézidies qui ont fui la captivité et les abominations des hommes de l’Etat islamique http://www.liberation.fr/monde/2014/12/03/le-but-de-daech-etait-de-ne-laisser-aucune-fille-vierge_1156103
- damned, j’ai toujours ma pile de copies qui m’attend https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1039202859427204 (heureusement, après il y aura https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1022094197804737 )
- relire Bernard Maris http://www.alternatives-economiques.fr/page.php?controller=article&action=html&id_article=71132&id_parution=633 (sans paywall) merci @ AlterEcoMag (ht @ estelle_pi et merci @ xmolenat qui relève les coquilles)
- “Le crayon guidant le peuple…vers un Patriot Act ?” http://www.arretsurimages.net/breves/2015-01-14/Le-crayon-guidant-le-peuplevers-un-Patriot-Act-id18424 ht @ gunthert
- “Travailler trop peut conduire à boire trop d’alcool” http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/201501/13/01-4834876-travailler-trop-peut-conduire-a-boire-trop-dalcool.php (dommage que l’étude ne soit pas citée…)
- “Enseignement de l’économie : une occasion manquée ?” http://alternatives-economiques.fr/blogs/raveaud/2015/01/14/philippe-askenazy-soutient-la-nouvelle-section/ (pour éviter le paywall du monde)
- pensée de @ LANDEYves : Acheter une imprimante 3D
Imprimer une imprimante 3D
Aller rendre la 1ère
En imprimer d’autres
Ouvrir un magasin d’imprimant… - “La défaite Charlie” http://imagesociale.fr/938 par @ gunthert
- RT @ econoclaste : C’est pas moi, c’est @ ChrisChavagneux qui le dit. http://www.alternatives-economiques.fr/adieu-a-bernard-maris_fr_art_633_71130.html oui, c’est compliqué l’économie.
- “Charlie à tout prix ?” http://blog.mondediplo.net/2015-01-13-Charlie-a-tout-prix
- “Arrêtez avec le « je me battrai pour vous » de Voltaire !” http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/hoax/2011/04/14/arretez-avec-le-je-me-battrai-pour-vous-de-voltaire-199690 via http://www.liberation.fr/politiques/2015/01/13/europe-prisons-voltaire-les-approximations-matinales-de-marion-marechal-le-pen_1179633
- liberté d’expression http://www.courrierinternational.com/revue-de-presse/2015/01/12/a-t-on-le-droit-de-ne-pas-aimer-charlie-hebdo?page=all “A-t-on le droit de ne pas aimer Charlie Hebdo ?”
- “Google prêt à s’attaquer à l’assurance automobile américain” http://pro.01net.com/editorial/640474/google-pret-a-s-attaquer-a-l-assurance-automobile-outre-atlantique/
- “Ecoutes, Internet, armée : les premières mesures évoquées par le gouvernement” http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2015/01/12/manuel-valls-promet-une-reponse-exceptionnelle_4554115_3224.html#ZiiyM4dMejRsr3QB.99
- “Etat islamique, un monstre providentiel” http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2014/09/HARLING/50787 ht @ rosselin
- via @ laurentchemla “Ils se sont radicalisés en prison, chef !” “Ok, alors on va encadrer Facebook et Twitter”. http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2015/01/12/le-gouvernement-annonce-vouloir-encadrer-davantage-les-reseaux-sociaux_4554254_4408996.html
- “Patriot Act à la française ?” http://www.framablog.org/index.php/post/2015/01/11/patriot-act-francais-pour-nous-non
- “Une union nationale peut-elle naître dans un champ de failles ?” http://www.telerama.fr/idees/une-union-nationale-peut-elle-naitre-dans-un-champ-de-failles-par-jean-francois-sirinelli-historien,121401.php par Jean-François Sirinelli
- métier à risques par Eric Salch (sur http://www.mediapart.fr/portfolios/dessinons )
- c’est sacré, non? (sur http://www.mediapart.fr/portfolios/dessinons ) par Rudy Spiessert
- “plus de 3 millions de personnes ont défilé dimanche en France” (via @ agenceIDE )
- “Pour mes élèves de Seine Saint-Denis” http://tailspin.fr/post/107696839163/pour-mes-eleves-de-seine-saint-denis ht @ FrancoisTaddei
- waouh (via @ GrandjeanMartin ) “Le cygne noir sur l’EURCHF entraîné par la BNS” http://www.dailyfx.com/actualite_forex_trading/technique/forex/2015/01/15/Le-cygne-noir-sur-lEURCHF-entraine-par-la-Banque-nationale-suisse-1142.html impressionnant
- relire Bernard Maris http://www.alternatives-economiques.fr/page.php (sans paywall) merci @ AlterEcoMag (via @ estelle_pi )
- anticonformisme, par @ yvesmontagne ht @ mapav8 @ cyrilpetit99
- “Qu’est-ce que le terrorisme ?” http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2004/02/DERRIDA/11005 par Jacques Derrida, retrouvé par @ WardaMD
Did I miss something interesting?